Review: Récits de la création du monde: La Biennale d’art contemporain autochtone, 7th edition [Art Mûr | La Guilde]
Originally launched in 2012, the Biennale d’art contemporain autochtone ( BACA ) was established “to promote Aboriginal art and to raise awareness and educate the public about First Nations cultural issues.” BACA is produced in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of Québec (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Fonds d’investissement pour le rayonnement de la Métropole, Secrétariat des affaires autochtones), the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and Tourisme Montréal. The biennial runs from March until September at several locations within the province (DRAC – Art actuel Drummondville, Galerie d’art Stewart Hall, Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke, La Guilde, Maison de la culture Verdun, Centre d’exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, Musée McCord Stewart, and Musée Rimouski). This, the seventh iteration of the biennial, involves the work of more than sixty artists. Keeping within the generic aspects of biennials, it is organized by curators Lori Beavis, Emma H...